I didn't even /know/ Telus had Usenet. Moving to Shaw Monday, though - I'll let you know how well that works.
-David On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Alastair Preston <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> As you may or may not know, Telus has dropped their news.telus.com server >>> and >>> will no longer be offering usenet access. Can anyone recommend an alternate >>> provider? >>> >>> Al Preston >> >> Depends on what you need... >> - Price range >> - Binary retention >> - Text retention >> - Speed / reliability >> - SSL >> >> I use Giganews and am quite impressed with everything except the price >> (which I don't find unreasonable, but YMMV.) > > I also use Giganews. Not the cheapest but they work reliably and are > very fast. Their top package also offers VPN access for when you are > out and about using insecure APs. It is also pretty handy for > watching Hulu since the endpoint is in the US. Of course if SSL and > VPN do not matter to you, there are probably providers better suited > for you. > > I have friends who are reasonably happy with news demon > (http://www.newsdemon.com) >> >> Many Usenet providers try to undercut Giganews' price, and you can >> sometimes find really good deals. > > Like any other hosted service, you get what you pay for. >> >> If it's free text groups you're after... there's always Google Groups >> (shudder.) >> > I think there are still some free servers for text only content. YMMV. > > Hth > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
